On a week-long visit to Copenhagen, I went on a morning run in October 2021 to Amager Strandpark. I…read morehighly recommend it. Here's why: 1) Space: It's a beach with views of the industrial part of Copenhagen. During non-summer seasons, its less crowded and a great place to dog walk or run. 2) Design: There are two areas with restrooms and shops open during the winter. They are cement blocks, but with brutalist design. There are several restaurants nearby if you want to make a day of it!

This was a great little park to walk around and enjoy, beautiful!!!! It was so pretty with just a…read morelittle breeze. Worth the trip!

Yes! I love to torture myself, or something in that direction…read more... The background story is actually that I don't like conventional fitness center, because of the smell of sweaty people, the amount of endless staring into equipment that you're not quite sure how to operate but afraid that you might do something wrong with it, and to trump it all - I hate the crowd, or let's say people, in general. So I'm more into loner sports like running. However, I heard about this place from Yelp, where Martin R gave tip about this new place that could basically give you all the benefits of the fitness center, without the endless staring part - because there are instructors that tell you what to do with that complicated machine. Energii is a form of pilates, done on reformer machine, it might be hard for some, and easy for some others, but I've experienced that my muscles are challenged in such way they've never been that I actually woke up the next day and found myself couldn't laugh about it - like literally - my stomach muscles hurt so much after. But that's only a good sign. The place in Amager is clean and bright. They don't have any other classes but Classic and Power (some other centers have hot yoga, heat it up TRX classes and the likes), but that's all I need (at least for newbie me who have yet to master the reformer machine). They don't have shower, but they do have changing room - which fortunately doesn't matter much for me since I live across the park from this place. The instructors were nice, although they could be tough (as they way they scrunched up their face when they saw me doing it wrong - ELBOW IN THE BODY, EVA!! - uhh yes, ma'am - but that's only because they don't want you to hurt yourself during the training process. The classes might seem short (1 hour only) and the price is quite high (800 kr a month for free training and a thousand something for clipcard) but with sessions that require instructors all the time, I think that's fair enough (it's not like fitness center where you're basically "let loose" to do what you want). You'll get supervised training all the time and you'll feel that your body benefits from it. No more excuses from now!

Update because today I ran into a problem. One of the bike locks would not work, and somehow…read moreactivated the timer. In other words, it had me renting a bike when it was in operable. The main problem was getting in connection with customer service. The chat feature through a bot with no human person was a waste of time. When I tried to call, I had to wait and ran out of minutes with my phone plan. I had to buy another pass until I got home to contact them again, 30 minutes wasted as they were not available for English agents . Before the incident: I bought a seven day pass which allows you to enter multiple times for total five hours for 99 Kronas. I especially like that you don't have to go to a docking station, but you can use the lock feature to park anywhere within a radius on the app. Only reason I give it five stars is the pass is slightly confusing to use. You must lock and cancel the ride, so it's two steps. Otherwise, you will have a continuous clock running, even if the bike is parked. Also to find the bike can be tricky. When there's multiple bikes each one has a name which you must match with the app. I think it'd be better to have a QR code, but not all of them do.

Copenhagen is an ideal biking city--manageably small and mostly flat, with smooth roads and…read moreinfrastructure that takes its many cyclists into account. My husband Matt B. noticed Donkey Republic's orange bikes everywhere, and we decided to rent two of them on our last day in town. We spent 70 DKK each on a six-hour rental, and this was probably the best deal we got on anything in Copenhagen, where a hot dog and soda will set you back the same amount. I'm always turned off by anything that seems like it could be a pain in the ass, so believe me when I tell you that Donkey Republic is easy to figure out. You have to download an app, but once you do that, you can just go where bikes are available and rent from your phone, without ever talking to another person. You unlock and lock your bike from the app, which is even fun and kind of satisfying, and at the end of the day, you can drop off at one of their numerous locations and pay from your phone. We started our rental at 1:30 on a Tuesday afternoon, and rode from the city center to Nørrebro, where we had lunch, then through Østerbro, Frederiksberg, and Vesterbro, hitting up parks, The Cisterns, and the original Mikkeller Bar before heading back to our hotel at 7:30. We got to explore a lot of Copenhagen in one day, and the bike ride was essential to our sightseeing. I'm a slow, terrible biker, something Matt pointed out frequently on this day and after ("You wouldn't believe the people who were passing you"--a lot of old people and children, apparently), but I still had a tremendous time biking around the city. The experience added so much to our trip. If you're visiting Copenhagen, download Donkey Republic. It's easy and affordable, and your trip will be better for it.